Bindi Irwin breaks down as she mourns the tragic death of a beloved family member

The Irwin family suffered a devastating loss on Saturday as Rhino their Rhinoceros iguana tragically passed at the age of 42. 

Bindi, 24, posted a heartbreaking memorial video to Instagram in which she broke down crying as she spoke about the lizard she grew up with in Australia Zoo. 

Mourning with her brother Robert, mother Terri and husband Chandler Powell, the Wildlife Warrior spread Rhino’s ashes throughout the zoo’s Rhinoceros enclosure. 

The Irwin family suffered a devastating loss on Saturday as Rhino their Rhinoceros iguana tragically passed at the age of 42. (Pictured L to R: Bindi, Terri and Robert Irwin)

‘It is with a very heavy heart that we have to say goodbye to Rhino, but we didn’t want to miss the opportunity to be able to share him one last time with you guys,’ Bindi said as she held her beloved reptile’s box of ashes. 

As the famous conservationist got teary eyed, her brother, 19, stepped in to share a glimpse into the animal’s life. 

He revealed that Rhino, who was born in 1980 and received a Guinness World Record for being the oldest Rhinoceros iguana on record, loved Hibiscus flowers and was always full of energy and ‘sass’. 

Bindi, 24, posted a heartbreaking memorial video to Instagram in which she broke down crying as she spoke about the lizard she grew up with in Australia Zoo

‘His quality of life was 100% every day. He lived a brilliant life every single day and that’s what you hold onto,’ Robert added. 

Chandler, 26, also chimed in, saying: ‘He was a special part of the family too because he was the first animal you saw when you went through the Zoo gates. 

‘So he greeted every single guest who came through our doors.’ 

Mourning with her brother Robert, mother Terri and husband Chandler Powell, the Wildlife Warrior spread Rhino’s ashes throughout the zoo’s Rhinoceros enclosure

Terri, 58, revealed the iguana first came to Australia Zoo in 1993, the year after she married the late national icon Steve Irwin. 

The memorial video then showed heartbreaking clips of the Irwin family spreading Rhino’s ashes beneath a tree in the Rhinoceros enclosure.

It finished with some tear-jerking footage of Steve Irwin in happier times gushing over Rhino as he introduce the lizard to the world. 

Chandler, 26, (left) said: ‘He was a special part of the family too because he was the first animal you saw when you went through the Zoo gates. So he greeted every single guest who came through our doors’